Male population — all countries

Male population — Bulgaria

Male population in Bulgaria in 2025 — 3,112,828 people. Ranked 112 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 20.8%.

2025 3.11M people −0.13% vs 2024
World rank 112of 217
Period maximum 4.45M people1984
Period minimum 3.11M people2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Bulgaria, 1960–20253M3.5M4M4.5M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3,928,360 people1962: 4,002,357 people1964: 4,069,174 people1966: 4,130,087 people1968: 4,185,420 people1970: 4,244,351 people1972: 4,285,860 people1974: 4,334,862 people1976: 4,372,378 people1978: 4,395,998 people1980: 4,415,127 people1982: 4,437,985 people1984: 4,452,568 people1986: 4,435,104 people1988: 4,438,197 people1990: 4,297,812 people1992: 4,198,615 people1994: 4,140,689 people1996: 4,091,461 people1998: 4,031,474 people2000: 3,982,113 people2002: 3,815,034 people2004: 3,754,879 people2006: 3,696,739 people2008: 3,643,766 people2010: 3,597,346 people2012: 3,555,090 people2014: 3,440,409 people2016: 3,350,042 people2018: 3,256,565 people2020: 3,173,938 people2022: 3,129,809 people2024: 3,117,026 people2025: 3,112,828 people
Change over the period: −815,532 (−20.76%) Average annual rate: -0.36 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bulgaria

Bulgaria 3.11M people
World 4.13B people
Europe & Central Asia 453M people
Eastern Europe computed 133M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.36B people
Male population — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 3.11M −4,198 −0.13%
2024 3.12M −2,997 −0.1%
2023 3.12M −9,786 −0.31%
2022 3.13M −21,304 −0.68%
2021 3.15M −22,825 −0.72%
2020 3.17M −34,640 −1.08%
2019 3.21M −47,987 −1.47%
2018 3.26M −47,314 −1.43%
2017 3.3M −46,163 −1.38%
2016 3.35M −45,388 −1.34%
2015 3.4M −44,979 −1.31%
2014 3.44M −43,551 −1.25%
2013 3.48M −71,130 −2%
2012 3.56M −19,861 −0.56%
2011 3.57M −22,395 −0.62%
2010 3.6M −23,310 −0.64%
2009 3.62M −23,110 −0.63%
2008 3.64M −25,567 −0.7%
2007 3.67M −27,406 −0.74%
2006 3.7M −28,986 −0.78%
2005 3.73M −29,154 −0.78%
2004 3.75M −29,421 −0.78%
2003 3.78M −30,734 −0.81%
2002 3.82M −85,460 −2.19%
2001 3.9M −81,619 −2.05%
2000 3.98M −22,899 −0.57%
1999 4.01M −26,462 −0.66%
1998 4.03M −31,240 −0.77%
1997 4.06M −28,747 −0.7%
1996 4.09M −25,733 −0.63%
1995 4.12M −23,495 −0.57%
1994 4.14M −18,944 −0.46%
1993 4.16M −38,982 −0.93%
1992 4.2M −51,335 −1.21%
1991 4.25M −47,862 −1.11%
1990 4.3M −84,044 −1.92%
1989 4.38M −56,341 −1.27%
1988 4.44M +914 +0.02%
1987 4.44M +2,179 +0.05%
1986 4.44M −9,482 −0.21%
1985 4.44M −7,982 −0.18%
1984 4.45M +6,728 +0.15%
1983 4.45M +7,855 +0.18%
1982 4.44M +10,578 +0.24%
1981 4.43M +12,280 +0.28%
1980 4.42M +15,467 +0.35%
1979 4.4M +3,662 +0.08%
1978 4.4M +2,612 +0.06%
1977 4.39M +21,008 +0.48%
1976 4.37M +17,605 +0.4%
1975 4.35M +19,911 +0.46%
1974 4.33M +27,730 +0.64%
1973 4.31M +21,272 +0.5%
1972 4.29M +18,828 +0.44%
1971 4.27M +22,681 +0.53%
1970 4.24M +27,192 +0.64%
1969 4.22M +31,739 +0.76%
1968 4.19M +29,367 +0.71%
1967 4.16M +25,966 +0.63%
1966 4.13M +28,904 +0.7%
1965 4.1M +32,009 +0.79%
1964 4.07M +33,680 +0.83%
1963 4.04M +33,137 +0.83%
1962 4M +35,444 +0.89%
1961 3.97M +38,553 +0.98%
1960 3.93M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.